VESAK CEREMONY, HOUSTON, TX, 1998
Texas Buddhist Council
The Department of Religious Studies and The Asian Studies Program at
Rice University and The Asia Society Texas
present
VESAK CEREMONY
to commemorate
The Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment, and Maha Parinibbana
(2452nd Buddhist Year)
at
The Grand Hall Rice Memorial Center, Rice University,
Saturday, May 2, 1998, 2:00-4:00 P.M.
Program
- Service and Chanting
- Meaning of Vesak
- Dhamma Talk:
- Buddhist Compassion: Geshe-la Phelgyey, Houston
- Buddhist Practice in the Modern World: Prof. Anne Klein, Rice U.
- New Buddhist Trend in America: Ven. Dr. H. Ratanasara, Los Angeles
(President of American Buddhist Congress)
- Meditation on Loving Kindness
You are cordially invited!
Free Admission
Direction: Use Entrance 13 off Rice Blvd., Bldg. 29 (The Grand Hall in
RMC), Parking Lots J & L on the right.
For more information, please call
Click here for press release.
Click here for an article from
THE RICE THREASHER NEWS, Friday, April 24, 1998.
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Created: 4/13/98
Last modified: 4/30/98